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-Blackadder- posted:I've been away for a while. Anything good in the way of RPG and/or Strategy games come out relatively recently? Pillars of Eternity is pretty good, and Sunless Sea if you want a more narrative-driven sort of RPG (or maybe it's an adventure game? I don't really know how to classify it, there are stats that you level up and you roleplay as a sea captain but it's mostly a text adventure with inventory management and some ship-based combat)
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Justin_Brett posted:I should be getting a new computer for school in a couple days with a Geforce 840m on it. What would be some games that could best take advantage of that? I had a computer with 540m in 2009. It was enough to play most newer games back then.
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At the end of 4, Snake and Otacon were to be arrested as war criminals and executed, supposedly the rest of the team refused to work on it until it was changed.
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Justin_Brett posted:I should be getting a new computer for school in a couple days with a Geforce 840m on it. What would be some games that could best take advantage of that? Not many, it's a pretty lovely graphics chip. Still you can play many games at 1366x768. http://www.notebookcheck.net/NVIDIA-GeForce-840M.105681.0.html
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The Iron Rose posted:Not many, it's a pretty lovely graphics chip. Still you can play many games at 1366x768. My 840M runs MGS5 pretty well at 1080p with slightly lowered settings because the Fox Engine is magic. It struggles with MKX, but it does kinda sorta gets 60FPS and that port is awfully optimized. Not a lot else in terms of new stuff I've tried to run out of it tho.
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-Blackadder- posted:I heard there was a new Dungeons 2 that might have done a better job of being a Dungeon Keeper successor, was that any good? No, it's bad 
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Sep 10, 2015 08:34
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I'd expect most games that are well optimised to be playable considering it's a maxwell chip, even if it's cut down maxwell, it still seems to punch way above its weight. Anyone tried out lovers in a dangerous spacetime? I've heard that's been on the burner for a long rear end time and the art is sorta neat.
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Do these versions of the UFO games actually run on modern machines? I remember having difficulty trying to run the disc versions a few years ago. Is Star Wolves any good? I already have Space Rangers and love it.
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The Kins posted:His secret is an art and tech team working in concert to make the game engine look way more advanced than it actually is.  That's crazy, I was just thinking about this because I really wanted Azure Striker Gunvolt on Steam and was thinking about what other obscure handheld game I'd kill for on PC. I still occasionally fire up a hack of the first one ("Umihara Kawase 2 Journey") that stitches the levels together, re-adds some cut enemies, and gives you a bunch of lives. It's probably my second or third favorite retrogame I've found as an adult.
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Zombie Samurai posted:Whee, new Humble Store deals. Anyone have any impressions of Uncanny Valley, Sproggiwood, or CAPSULE? sproggiwood is a decent simple roguelike, but has zero town building/management, so don't let the screenshots fool you. it's a town "decoration" mode, which means you can move buildings around or make swastikas or dicks out of bushes or whatever and that's it.
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MGS V is insane, especially when you have knowledge of Snake Eater and Peace Walker. E: Oh, and Ground Zeroes also.
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The Iron Rose posted:Not many, it's a pretty lovely graphics chip. Still you can play many games at 1366x768. For what I plan to play on it that seems pretty acceptable. Just being able to be sure the average game will run on it is better than what I have now by far. Justin_Brett fucked around with this message at 13:31 on Sep 10, 2015 |
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Sep 10, 2015 13:24
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Overminty posted:Do these versions of the UFO games actually run on modern machines? I remember having difficulty trying to run the disc versions a few years ago. As far as I know, with finagling you can get the UFO game you'd want to play, Aftershock, working (because it's got a fan patch). Star Wolves 2 is terrible but the others are pretty good, I think. They're not like Space Rangers, though -- they're basically linear strategy RPGs in space rather than an exploration space rpg like SR was. If you're gonna try Star Wolves 1, you might wanna do this http://steamcommunity.com/app/46270/discussions/0/620696522197658152/. Star Wolves 3 has much better graphics and acting but it's kind of bullshit how deviating from missions can get you killed easily...
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Actually, I've been trying to get UFO to work and I can't,  UFO
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Speaking of busted games, I loaded up fallout 3 fairly recently, with no mods on it even, and I couldn't get it to run for longer than 5 minutes and it kept asking me for my GFWL key, but the option for the product key on steam is straight up gone. So that's fun.
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cat doter posted:Speaking of busted games, I loaded up fallout 3 fairly recently, with no mods on it even, and I couldn't get it to run for longer than 5 minutes and it kept asking me for my GFWL key, but the option for the product key on steam is straight up gone. So that's fun. Just wait until steam eventually shuts down 
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DreamShipWrecked posted:Just wait until steam eventually shuts down You mean runs perfectly fine like when in offline mode? 
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DreamShipWrecked posted:Just wait until steam eventually shuts down Then I wouldn't have to worry about my backlog anymore!
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cat doter posted:Speaking of busted games, I loaded up fallout 3 fairly recently, with no mods on it even, and I couldn't get it to run for longer than 5 minutes and it kept asking me for my GFWL key, but the option for the product key on steam is straight up gone. So that's fun. When I first played Fallout 3 it would crash to desktop randomly every 5 to 20 minutes. I made it to the hotel tower storyline and explored the suburbs, before I realized that even without the crashing it wouldn't be worth playing the game. Too much item management, and the world felt like it was theme-park in scale. I wanted giant sprawling wasteland where having a car or horse made a difference. I eventually found that in Borderlands, but that game was still a copy-pasta shitbox with lovely landscape design and invisible walls. Let me just say that I hate the gamebryo engine. Something about height-mapped mountains and elevations feels off to me, and the models used to creat cliffs, boulders, and detail pop out as not matching the landscape to me.
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DreamShipWrecked posted:Just wait until steam eventually shuts down By the time Steam shuts down we'll all be already dead or too old to care about games anymore.
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CountingWizard posted:I wanted giant sprawling wasteland where having a car or horse made a difference. Has sir checked out Mad Max at all?
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King Vidiot posted:By the time Steam shuts down we'll all be already dead or too old to care about games anymore. excuse me but we're leaving behind a legacy of video games for our children "son i have a game for u it's shower with ur dad simulation"
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The Saddest Rhino posted:excuse me but we're leaving behind a legacy of video games for our children "Son I know your friend got his dad's old ferrari but I am giving you a greater game it is called Huniepop"
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King Vidiot posted:By the time Steam shuts down we'll all be already dead or too old to care about games anymore. But Steam is shutting down in 2020 to coincide with the launch of Half-Life 3?
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cat doter posted:Anyone tried out lovers in a dangerous spacetime? I've heard that's been on the burner for a long rear end time and the art is sorta neat. We bought it last night and played for a bit. The concept is incredible and I've been super excited to try it out for a long time. Unfortunately, once you sit down and actually start playing, it becomes apparent that the concept doesn't really translate to amazing gameplay. It's simultaneously sluggish and hectic. It's not bad at all, in fact I still recommend the game, it's just not what I thought it would be. Part of the problem is the enemies. There are too many and they move too quickly. You find yourself constantly running from station to station, trying to gun down little bee-like enemies that circle the ship more quickly than you can move. Enemies also respawn constantly, so there are almost no breaks ever. This is cool for a while but the levels are long as hell - it takes around 30 minutes to clear out a single stage, so by the end you feel frazzled rather than elated. Still - absolutely worth trying if you have someone to couch co-op with. I just thought it would be more fun and less of an endurance test.
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DreamShipWrecked posted:Just wait until steam eventually shuts down It still runs fine without being logged in and I don't care about GFWL, I've never even particularly hated it (except for when it was used with dark souls gently caress that noise, loving thing broke one of my saves) but the game itself runs for about 5 minutes before crashing, it's unplayable as is. Polo-Rican posted:We bought it last night and played for a bit. The concept is incredible and I've been super excited to try it out for a long time. Unfortunately, once you sit down and actually start playing, it becomes apparent that the concept doesn't really translate to amazing gameplay. It's simultaneously sluggish and hectic. It's not bad at all, in fact I still recommend the game, it's just not what I thought it would be. I guess if people go into it knowing it's super intense and challenging then it'll probably find its audience, I'm not really into that sorta thing though.
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cat doter posted:It still runs fine without being logged in and I don't care about GFWL, I've never even particularly hated it (except for when it was used with dark souls gently caress that noise, loving thing broke one of my saves) but the game itself runs for about 5 minutes before crashing, it's unplayable as is. http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout3/mods/1086/ gfwl remover
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The Saddest Rhino posted:excuse me but we're leaving behind a legacy of video games for our children "Child, I leave unto you our family's great legacy. The Achievements that my grandfather passed onto me are now yours to carry on and gather more of."
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Crabtree posted:"Child, I leave unto you our family's great legacy. The Achievements that my grandfather passed onto me are now yours to carry on and gather more of." "Your father wanted you to have this when you were old enough, but your uncle wouldn't allow it. He feared you might follow old XxX_Sephiroth420_XxX on some drat fool raid like your father did." "What is it?" "Your father's gaming mouse. This is the weapon of a True Gamer. Not as clumsy or random as a controller. An elegant weapon, for a more civilized age."
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My grandmother used to tell me stories of WW2 and all the hardships people had to endure. XxX_Sephiroth420_XxX will tell his grandchildren about GamerGate.
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Sep 10, 2015 17:12
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we were once led by false gods and false idols. never again shall we bow to the words of pewdiepie and markliplier
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Ekster posted:My grandmother used to tell me stories of WW2 and all the hardships people had to endure. What a wonderful world we live in that such inconsequential bullshit is the big issue of the times 
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I can totally foresee online game/media account inheritance becoming a big deal, I mean they can be worth thousands of dollars. I also just imagined the collector's value of a 100-year-old TF2 pre-order exclusive hat
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a premium 1st version waifu... so delicate
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CharlieFoxtrot posted:I can totally foresee online game/media account inheritance becoming a big deal, I mean they can be worth thousands of dollars. After the Great Twitter War of 2039, the world came together and legally ratified that only one social media site can exist at any given time. The taken and popular names become more valuable than gold and certain profiles became valuable enough to purchase entire countries with. Zhe who holds the most popular Steam identity controls the 21st century.
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CharlieFoxtrot posted:I can totally foresee online game/media account inheritance becoming a big deal, I mean they can be worth thousands of dollars. I can't wait to buy a vintage Bill's at an estate sale
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for sale: steam account with prey and outrun 2006 starting bid 5 million dollars
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corn in the bible posted:for sale: steam account with prey and outrun 2006  You can still buy Prey retail and add it to steam. And Outrun 2006 is crap.
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"Hey there little Timmy, let me tell you about some of the epic memes I grew up on..."
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Yanis Varoufakis has probably seen all this coming. I can picture him looking at the simulations and having a moment of clarity: managing the Greek economy would be a more comprehensible task than this.
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